Hotel-indicator.



No. 853,851 I .PATENTED MAY 14, 1907.

' E. ABRAHAM.

HOTEL INDICATOR. 7

' APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23, 1906.

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UNITED STArEsP rENT oEEIoE;

ELIAS ABRAHAM, OF NEW LISKEARD, O

NTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGN OR OF .ONE

EoURTEENTII TO HENRY HARTMAN, ONE-FOURTEENTH TO DANIEL T. K. McEWEN, ONE-FOURTEENTH TO ALBERT A. MORGAN, ONE-FOUR- TEENTII-To MIoIIAE ABRAHAM, ONE-FOURTEENTH TO WILLIAM TAY- LoR, ONE-FOURTEENTH TO KALIL ABRAHAM, AND oNE-roURTEEN'TFI TO FRANCIS LOUDEN SMILEY, ALL or NEw LISKEARD, cANADA.

HOTEL-INDICATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed November 23, 1906. Serial No. 344,772.

1'0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAs ABRAHAM, of New Liskeard, in the District of Nipissing, Province ofOntario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hotel-Indicators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in indicators for hotels and the like and the obj ects of the invention are to provide a device quickly and easily operated and which will indicate Whether a given room is vacant or occupied and thus save confusion when a number of guests are arriving at the hotel at I 5 the same time; and it consists essentially of a suitable casing having a plurality of transparent apertures in the front thereof, cards behindthe apertures divided into two parts each being of a size to fill the aperture and having indicating words. thereon, a lurality of depressible levers adapted to individually operate the indicator cards to move the same and change the part exposed, all as hereinafter more fully set forth and described in the 2 5 accompanying specifications and drawings.

Figure 1 is a front view of my improved indicator. Fi 2 is a sectional view through the same. ig. 3 is an enlarged perspective detail of one of the levers in its depressed position. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective detail of one of the operating levers in its normal position. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective detail'of one of the indicator cards and rod su porting the same.

In the drawings like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure.

Referring to the drawings a is the casing of any suitable or desirable construction, the front 1) thereof being provided with a plural- 4o ityof transparent apertures c of a number corresponding with'the number of rooms in the hotel. These apertures are preferably arranged in rows as shown, the spaces (1 and 6 between being occupied with suitable adve'r- 4 5 tisements which serve to hide the operating parts of the mechanism contained within the casing. Other advertisements may be placed along the sides at f and g and at the bottom h.

of glass having one side of the same painted leaving the apertures clear.

I Opposite each of the apertures is an indicating card i formed in two equal parts 7' and is having the indicating words such as Taken and Vacant thereon, the size of each part of the card being such that it will exactly fill the aperture opposite which it is located. The cards are supported'on vertically extending rods Z the upper ends of which have springs m connected thereto, the upper ends of the springs being connected to suitable cross-bars n. The lower end of the rods are connected to the operating levers 0. Preferably cross-bars p extend behind the rods to steady them in position.

While the operating levers 0 may be of any desired form yet it is preferable to make them as shown comprising the central portions g which are pivoted to cross-bars r secured in the sides of slots 8 provided in the casin and two arms t and a formed integral wit the central portion and extendin substantially at right angles to each other t e arm t being connected to the rod Z and the arm it having a buttono on the end thereof. The; outer flat sides of the arms 15 and u are abutted by fiat springs w sup orted on cross-bars a; and operate to hold t e levers in their depressed or normal position as illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4. g v p The portion y of the casing in front of the levers is preferably made inclined as indicated to accommodate the different rows of levers located one below the other.

Above the apertures in the register numbers z are placed which correspond with like numbers placed on the buttons v of the levers which operate the cards opposite the apertures. r

In its use as a hotel register the device is, placed in a convenient place to'be operated by the hotel clerk and as each guest arrives and selects a room the button on the lever corresponding to that room is depressed which moves the indicator card correspond-- ing to that room and causes the word.

Taken to appear in the aperture corre- Conveniently the whole front may be made I spending to the room thus indicating that the room is occupied. As soon as the guest leaves the button of the lever is moved back to its normal position bringing the word Vacant into position in front of the aperture. There is thus no danger of two guests being allotted the same room and the rooms may be allotted in quick succession and practically'as fast as the buttons may be depressed.

The device as well as being used in hotels might be.used as an indicator in an oflice building for offices or for indicating seats in the dining-room of a hotel or for other like purposes.

The device is exceedingly simple in construction and. easy to operate and its installation in the hotels may be easily paid for by the advertisements contained on the outside thereof. Being Wholly mechanical in its operation it is not liable to become out of order as similar indicators operated electrically are. The connection between the levers and indicator cards being of a positive character prevents any failure in the operation.

WVhile the mechanism has been described. with great particularity of detail yet it will be readily understood. that changes may be made therein within the scope of the appended claims without departing l'rom the spirit of the invention.

What I claim as invention is 1. In a registerfor hotels and the like the combination with the casing having the front thereof formed with a plurality of apertures of a plurality of indicator cards each divided into two parts having indicating words on each part, the size of each part being such that it fills thespace of the aperture corre sponding thereto, a plurality of depressible levers extending'externally to the casing, a spring for each lever for holding the same in a normal or depressed position and connecting means extending between the levers and the cards whereby a depression of the lever moves the corresponding card and causes the part exposed through the aperture to be changed as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a register for hotels and the like the combination with a plurality of indicator cards ofa'plurality of rods supporting the same, means engaging with the upper ends of the rods for holding the same in position, a plurality of depressible levers connected to the rods and adapted to raise and lower the same and a spring for each lever for holding the levers in their normal or depressed positions as andfor the purpose specified.

3. In a register for hotels and the like the combination with aplurality of indicator cards, a plurality of vertically extending rods supporting the same, springs connected to the upper ends of the rods, a plurality of de pressiblelevers connected. to the rods and adapted to raise and lower the same and means for holding the levers in their normal or depressed position as and. for the purpose 4. In a register for hotels and the like the combination with a plurality of indicator cards, a plurality of vertically extending rods supporting the same, springs connected to the upper ends of the rods, a plurality of depressible levers connected to the rods and adapted to raise and. lower the sam and resilient means for holding the levers in their normal or depressed position as and for the purpose specified.

5. In a register for hotels and the like the combination with a plurality ol indicator cards of a plurality of vertically extending rods supporting the same, springs connected to the upper ends of said rods, means for supporting the upper ends of the springs, a plurality of pivoted and. depressible levers connected to the rods and adapted when operated to raise and lower the same, springs abutting flat portions'formed on said levers adapted to hold them in their depressed or normal position as and. for the purpose specilied.

6. In a register for hotels and the like the. combination with the raising having the 'l'ront thereof formed with a plurality of apertures, a plurality of indicator cards divided into two parts and having indicating words on each part, the size of the said parts being such that they each till the space of the aperture corresponding to the card, a plurality of vertically extending rods supporting the cards, springs connected to the upper ends of the rods, means for supporting the upper ends of the springs, a plurality of levers pivoted to the casing extending therethrough having their inner ends connected to the rods, springs adapted to abut lat portions formed on the levers and so hold. them in their normal or depressed positions as and for the purpose specified.

7. In a register for hotels and the like the combination with a plurality of indicator cards of a plurality of rods supporting the. same, means for supporting the upper ends of the rods, of operating levers for the rods comprising central pivoted portions having two arms integral therewith and substantially at right angles to each other, one extending external to the casing and. having a button secured thereto and the other connected to the rod, and flat springs adapted to abut the arms of the levers and so hold them in their depressed or normal positions as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at New liiskeard, in the Province ol Ontario, Canada, this .lilteenth day of November, 1906.

ELIAS ABRAHAM.

Vi tnesses F. L. SMILEY, HENRY F. MURCELL. 

